Ancient Roman vomitoriums had nothing at all to do with gluttony and vomiting. Click to read the full fact. The post WTF Fun Fact 13653 – Vomitoriums appeared first on WTF Fun Facts. Source
In the early 1950s, the Cincinnati Reds became the Cincinnati Redlegs. Click to read the full fact. The post WTF Fun Fact 13550 – The Cincinnati Redlegs appeared first on WTF Fun Facts. Source
All the royalties from “God Bless America” are donated to the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts. Click to read the full fact. The post WTF Fun Fact 13649 – God Bless America appeared first on WTF Fun Facts. Source
The term ‘gymnastics’ comes from the Greek gymnazein, which means “to exercise naked.” Click to read the full fact. The post WTF Fun Fact 13648 – The Greek Gymnazein appeared first on WTF Fun Facts. Source
Darwin ate some of the creatures he studied. Click to read the full fact. The post WTF Fun Fact 13544 – What Darwin Ate appeared first on WTF Fun Facts. Source
The Pony Express only lost money. Click to read the full fact. The post WTF Fun Fact 13543 – Final Days of the Pony Express appeared first on WTF Fun Facts. Source
The Yellow Pages happened by mistake. Click to read the full fact. The post WTF Fun Fact 13632 – The Yellow Pages are Yellow appeared first on WTF Fun Facts. Source
The Sullivan Act banned women from smoking in public but ignited a movement for women’s rights. Click to read the full fact. The post WTF Fun Fact 13621 – The Sullivan Act appeared first on WTF Fun Facts. Source
Michel Gauquelin’s “Mars Effect” challenged the boundaries between astrology and science. Click to read the full fact. The post WTF Fun Fact 13620 – The Mars Effect appeared first on WTF Fun Facts. Source
The first serious proposal for space travel was made 300 years before the Apollo Moon landings. Click to read the full fact. The post WTF Fun Fact 13619 – Jacobean Space Travel appeared first on WTF Fun Facts. Source
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